A relationship restored : trends in U.S.-China educational exchanges, 1978-1984 / / David M. Lampton with Joyce A. Madancy and Kristen M. Williams for the Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China

• Autore: Lampton David M
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1986
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 266 pages)
• Disciplina: 370.19/6
• Soggetto topico: Educational exchanges - United States; Educational exchanges - China; American students - China; Chinese students - United States
• Altri autori: MadancyJoyce A WilliamsKristen M
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographies and index.
• Nota di contenuto: A Relationship Restored -- Copyright -- Research Team -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- PRINCIPAL FINDINGS -- ISSUES AND DIRECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE -- 1 The Sino-American Academic Relationship: Images and Interests -- NOTE -- 2 The Context for Academic Exchange -- PRE-1950 SINO-AMERICAN ACADEMIC RELATIONS -- SINO-SOVIET EXCHANGES, 1950-1960 -- GLOBAL SETTING OF CURRENT SINO-AMERICAN EXCHANGES -- POLICIES, PERCEPTIONS, AND THE DYNAMICS OF ACADEMIC EXCHANGE IN THE 1970S AND 1980S -- NOTES -- 3 Characteristics of Exchange Participants -- PRC STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS IN AMERICA -- Numbers of PRC Students and Visiting Scholars, 1979-1984 -- Fields of Study -- Personal Attributes: Geographic Variation -- Personal Attributes: Socioeconomic Status -- Personal Attributes: Age, Sex, and Marital Status -- Financing of PRC Students and Scholars in the United States -- OVERVIEW OF AMERICAN STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS IN CHINA, 1979-1984 -- Numbers of American Students and Scholars -- Fields of Study -- PRINCIPAL FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- 4 Exchange Programs and Sponsors -- FEDERAL PROGRAMS -- Bilateral Agreements -- The Fulbright Program -- National Science Foundation -- CSCPRC PROGRAMS -- CHINESE UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE WORLD BANK -- CHINA-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF AMERICAN PRIVATE PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS: AN OVERVIEW -- Education -- Health and Medical Sciences -- Culture and the Arts -- PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS -- OTHER EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE ORGANIZATIONS -- Institute of International Education -- National Committee on United States-China Relations, Inc. -- Yale-China Association -- CONCLUSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS -- NOTES -- 5 Exchange on Campus -- PRC STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS ON THE AMERICAN CAMPUS -- Regional and Institutional Distribution. ; Funding PRC Students and Scholars on the American Campus -- The Issue of Financial Remissions to China -- PRC Students and Scholars: American Funding and Perceptions of Quality -- INTERINSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS -- PRINCIPAL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- NOTES -- 6 Language Training in Chinese and English -- ASSESSMENT OF LANGUAGE PREPARATION OF AMERICAN STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS WHO GO TO CHINA -- WHERE TO STUDY CHINESE LANGUAGE -- ASSESSMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE PREPARATION OF PRC STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS WHO COME TO THE UNITED STATES -- PRINCIPAL FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- NOTES -- 7 The Consequences of Exchange for Selected Disciplines -- SELECTED FIELDS OF CHINESE STUDIES -- Study of the Chinese Past -- Sociology and Anthropology -- Political Science -- Aspects of Chinese Literature (Modern and Traditional) and the Arts -- Economics -- AMERICAN STUDIES -- ASPECTS OF NATURAL SCIENCES -- Physics -- Cancer (Epidemiology) Research -- Seismology -- Agriculture -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- NOTES -- 8 Future Issues and Opportunities -- INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES -- RETURNED PRC STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS: "REABSORPTION" -- TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER: ISSUES FOR THE FUTURE -- FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CUMULATIVE AND COOPERATIVE RESEARCH -- INVOLVEMENT IN SCIENTIFIC, ECONOMIC, AND TECHNICAL CHANGE IN CHINA -- NOTES -- APPENDIX A -- APPENDIX B Institutions Responding to University Questionnaire -- APPENDIX C Institutions Responding to Asian Studies Questionnaire -- APPENDIX D National Key Institutions -- APPENDIX E Multivariate Analysis of the Determinants of Financial Aid Given to J-1 Visa Holders by... -- APPENDIX F Responding American Philanthropic Organizations, Professional Associations, and Other Ex... -- RESPONDING PHILANTHROPIC AND OTHER EXCHANGE ORGANIZATIONS -- RESPONDING PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS -- OTHER RESPONDING ASSOCIATIONS. ; APPENDIX G Protocols and Memoranda of Understanding Under the U.S.-PRC Agreement on Cooperation in... -- ABBREVIATION KEY -- APPENDIX H CSCPRC Programs, 1972-1985 -- APPENDIX I World Bank Group Education Projects in China -- APPENDIX J Chinese Language Study Programs in the PRC -- PART I -- PART II -- APPENDIX K Authors of Commissioned Papers -- APPENDIX L Restricted Classes and Conferences -- Glossary -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Provides the attributes of American and Chinese students and scholars who have moved between China and the United States since 1978. This book supplies quantitative data on their fields of study, length of stay, and financial resources, and discusses qualitative issues such as the problems students and scholars encounter in carrying out work.
• Titolo autorizzato: A relationship restored
• ISBN: 1-280-22175-5; 9786610221752; 0-309-56817-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810806203321
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